The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-07-21

Philadelphia, July l7.-WIth the sim
Gle exception of July 8, 1876. today has
been the hottest for over thirty years.
the heat being greater than yesterday.
At two o'clock this afternoon the ther-
mometer registered l02 degrees in the
shade, being just one degree less than
that of July 8, 1876, and onef and q
quarter degree create. than yesterday.
Up to a late hour tonight about thirty
cases of suustroke were reported, four
teen OF which resulted fatally.
Pittsburg. July IL. This was the
hottest and at the same time the driest
Sunday ever known here. Through the
efforts of the Law and Order Society,
every saloon in the city was closed
tight. The cigar stores, confectionar'
les, ice cream saloons and soda water
fountains were also closed, and as a re-
suit the intense heat created more than
the usual amount of suffering. For sew
eral hours today the thermometer reg
istered l0l degrees in the shade, the
highest point reached for years. Six
fatal cases of sunstroke and fully q
score of prostrations were reported.
Joliet, ILL.,, July 17.-Fourteen con-
victs a. the prison were overcome by
the heat this morning and had to be
taken from the galleries to the idle
house where 1t was cooler
Sixteen went to the hospital. and two
died. The atmosphere ON the top gal
leries in the cell houses is intensely
hot, almost like bake oven. They
are covered with brick, and the heat
can not get out when it ascends on &C.
count of the heavy brick work. The
thermometer registered 100 degrees al
day break this morning. and lib in the
middle of the day. The heat is simply
terrific.
| Washington, July 1.-THE heat in
Washington for two days has been ex
cessive. Today at 3p. m. the Sigma
Service thermometer showed SO degrees
Yesterday the thermometer in the pub
lie buildings ranged close TO 100 degree.
In the Government printing Office the
point reached was l04 degrees. In the
sterotyping room the mercury rose tt
l20, and necessitated suspending the
work.
Cincinnati, O., July 1s.-Yesterday
there were thirty-eight cases Of sun.
strok, fifteen of which were fatal. The
thermometer registered from 100 to I0l
degrees.
Columbus. O., July lS.-The temper
ature has been in the hundreds for sew
eral da Us. There have been severa
deaths from sunstroke.
The Signal Service keeps the of6cial
score and tn. Officials report that ths
thermometer registered 100 degrees il
the mi iddie of the day. This was thu
highest. with one exception, in ter
years. and the highest since the loea
station was established. On July 10
1881. the temperature reached lG3. Th'
maximum Yesterday was 100 the mini
mum Il and the mean 50. This was
degrees warmer than Saturday.
| YOUNGSTOWN, O., July 1.-THE mer
curry today marked 9s degrees in th'
shade, the hottest day yet. William
Hyre, hostler, was overcome by th'
heat. He will recover.
Wilmington, O., July 1.-THE mer
curry today indicated from I0i to los il
the shade, and with hot wind ha
made the heat nearly uncomfortable.
| Dayton, O.. July 17.-This was tn
hottest day of the season. thermometers
generally being about 4 degrees highe
than yesterday, and ranging from 10
to los, according to location and in th'
shade. No reports Of sanstEoke, how